Mixean languages

Mixean
Geographic
distribution
Oaxaca, Veracruz, Chiapas
Native speakers
(undated figure of 252,291[citation needed])
Linguistic classificationMixe–Zoquean
  • Mixean
Subdivisions
Language codes
Glottologmixe1286
Locations (red) where Mixean languages are spoken

The Mixean languages are a primary branch of the Mixe–Zoquean language family of southern Mexico. According to Wichmann (1995), there are three divergent Mixean languages, and a Oaxacan branch that constitutes the bulk of the family:

One of the languages is extinct, one is nearly extinct, and one is endangered.